Improvement in pen-holders



UTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH MASON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,142. dated June 16, 1874; application filed April 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH MASON, otl Birmingham, in the county ot' VarWick, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pen-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin g forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure l represents a side view of my penholder. Fig. l* is a sectional side view of the saine in a partial modified form. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section or' the holder, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a face view of the blank composing the barrel thereof. Fig. et is a like view ofthe blank composing the inner barrel or binder. Figs. 5, 6, 7, S, and 9-are modifications of the binder detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rlhis invention relates to certain improvements in pen-holders composed ot an outer tubular part or barrel and an inner barrel or binder, between which two the pen is held; and my invention consists in constructing such binder with a series of spring-arms, and combinin g the same with the barrel or tubular portion of a pen-holder in such a manner that when a pen is introduced into the holder the same will be compressed, and, pressing upon the pen, securely retains or binds the same in position.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the stick or handle ot' my pen-holder. B is the outer tubular portion or barrel, and C is the inner barrel or binder. Between the inner side of the barrel B and the outer side of the binder C the pen is placed and held in position. The stick A may be made ot' cork, as shown in FiO. 1*, being strengthened by a central metallic rod or core, Ait; or it may be made of wood, or otl any other suitable material.- The barrel B is composed of a blank of sheet metal, represented in Fig. 3, while the binder, Fig. 2, is composed of a blank, represented in Fig. 4, each being raised into the requisite tubular form by the action ot' suitable dies or tools. Instead, however, of making the barrels from sheet metal, bent into a tubular form,thcy may be made from ordinary tubing. That portion ot' the barrel B which is received by the tingers otl the writer is provided with a series of openings, D, ot' elliptical or any other chosen form, at which said openings the lower portion of the stick A is presented when thelatter is pushed homein the barrel. By this means the ngers, in the act of writing', are, for the most part, in contact with the wooden or cork stick, instead ot' with the surface of the barrel B, and thereby a more tirm gripe or hold on the holder is obtained. Furthermore, by shaping the openings D as shown in Fio. 1*, elasticity is given to the barrel B, in addition to the advantage just mentioned, so that, when placed on the stick A, the barrel takes a firm .gripe thereom O11 the upper end of the binder C is a lip or ingeiga, whereby the same is fixed in the barrel B, said lip catching ina groove, b, produced by the formation of a bead in the circumference of the barrel. The shoulder formed on the inside ot' the barrel 011 each side of the bead b constitutes a stop, against which the heel of the pen abuts when placed in the holder.

In Figs. 2 and 4 the binder C is provided with but one lip or finger, a, this being, in

most cases, sufficient for the purpose of re-4 taining the binder in position; but, it' desired, the number ot' lips may be increased, as represented in dotted outline in said figures.

In order to expand the lips or lingers a., and retain them tirmly in the groove b of the barrel, the inner or lower end otthe stick A is provided with a tenon, E,Fig. 2, which is made taper or conical, so that when the said stick is pushed home in the barrel, the tenon just mentioned enters thc binder C, passing between the lips a, if' more than one, which are thereby expanded and made to engage rmly with the aforesaid groove b, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The binder O is composed of a series of springarms or leaves, c, which, when the blank is pressed into shape, as in Fig. 2, are slightly inclined inward, so` as to facilitate, by reason of the annular space thus formed, the operation ot' sliding or putting the pen into the holder. Said binder, or its arms c, are capable ot' various modifications or changes, as next described-that is to say, the binder may be made from a four-arm blank of sheet metal, as represented in Figs. 6 and 8, the arms being brought together, as in Figs. 5 and 7, so that the central part of the blank. forms a closed end or nose, (l. Such blanks may also be made with two, three, or more than four arms.

Fig. 5 shows a binder made from the blank, Fig. 6.

In this case the extreme or loose ends of the spring-arms c are bent, so as to form lips or iingers a., similar to those described with reference to Figs. 2 and 4.

Fig. 7 represents a binder made from the blank, Fig. S.

In this Inodication the lips a, by which the binder is connected with the barrel I3, are punched or struck up out of the closed end of the binder, instead of being formed at the ends of the spring-:mns c.

Fig. 9 shows n` binder having the spring-arms c, and provided with a bead, @Qttinginto the groove b in the barrel B, instead of' the lils or ngers a for retaining the binder in position in the holder.

That part of this invention relating to the vopenings D is applicable also to barrel-pens; or to pens in Which the barrel and pen are made in one and the same piece or blank of Inetnl.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The binder G, constructed with a series of springnrins, c c, in combination with the barrel B of a pen holder, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

JOSIAH MASON.

'Vitnesses: Y

MAURICE IoLLooK, WILLIAM KENT. 

